Weather

Press, 23 July 1987, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the east of the North Island, mainly fine I)ut showers about the western ranges; scattered showers over most of the South Island, chiefly about the coasts. Canterbury, Marlborough: Showers about the Alps, cloudy periods elsewhere. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Occasional showers with isolated thunderstorms, cool. Tomorrow: Showers becoming isolated in most districts. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Scattered showers in the north; cloudy in the east with light rain; showers clearing in the west, then fine. North Island: Occasional showers at first around Wellington, then clearing; elsewhere occasional rain and variable winds. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airuort vesterdav.

I Sun—Rises, 7.52 a.m.; sets, 5.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.51 a.m.; sets, 5.21 p.m. Moon—- * Rises, 6.12 a.m.; sets, 2.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.4 a.m.; sets, 3.16 p.m. Phases—New: ; July 26. First quarter August 3. Full: August 9. Last quarter August 16. y High tide at Lyttelton—2.27 a.m. and 2.10 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.8 a.m. and 3.31 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, | less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) iNoon weather Auckland 13deg., cloudy, N.W., 4 knots. Wellington: 8, rain, N.E., 7. ! Christchurch: 9, cloudy, S.W., 8. Dunedin: 8, cloudy, W., 4. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 16; Brisbane, 5, 19; Canberra, 1, 10; Darwin, 18, 30Hobart, 5, 11; Melbourne, 5, 13; Perth, 11, 18; Sydney, 7, 13. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 19; Athens, 24, 41; Bahrain, 31, 39; Bangkok, 26, 35; Beirut, 22, 30; Belgrade, 23, 34; Berlin, 15, 23; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, 13/18Budapest, 17, 25; Buenos Aires, 3,17; Copenhagen, 13, 17; Dublin, 12, 20; Frankfurt, 20; Geneva, 16, 20; Helsinki, 17, 22; Hong Kong, 29, 33; Honolulu, 23, 33; Istanbul, 21, 33; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 20, 29; Johannesburg, 3/10; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33- Lima, 14 19; London, 13, 16; Los Angeles, 15, 27; Madrid, 16, 30; Manila, 23, 29; Mexico City, 27; Montevideo, 3,14; Montreal, 18, 21; Moscow, 9,17; New Delhi, 33, 42; New York, 22 29; Oslo, 16, 23; Paris, 14, 19; Peking, 20, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 32; Rome, 20, 35- San Francisco, 12, 20; Santiago, 8, 19; Sao Paulo, 14, 20; Seoul, 23, 26; Singapore 24 31Stockholm, 18, 23; Tokyo, 22, 27; Toronto, 20, 30;-Vancouver, 14, 23- Vienna 17* 23Warsaw, 17, 21. ’ - ’

Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. mrpun, ycsieruay. Temperature deg. Yesterday 3 hr To date this month . . 74 9 a.m. to 11 p.m..... To date this month .. 2 29 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 11p.m. To date this year ... 1178 To date this year... . 404 Millibars. . . 1014.5 1017.7 To date last year ... 1246 To date last year.... 473 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July.... 122 Average to date 382 for the 24 hours to 9 a.tn. Humidity: Per cent at noon ... 86 Average for July.... Wettest July (1977) . . 62 181 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg. minimum 1 deg, grass —3 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 93 Driest July (1967) . .. 5 deg, rainfall Tee mm.